As we face a cultural epidemic of broken microphones tossed aside by everyone from music artists to politicians, a new boutique pro audio company, MicDrop, has been formed with the specific mission of catering to both performers who want the last word and sound engineers who are sick of having to fix broken gear after a show. The first productthe MD DM MicDrop Disposable Microphonedrops today.
by Clive Young I was wandering around a junk shop a few weeks ago when I came across this behemoth. 'What the heck is that?' I asked, but the junk shop owner didn't know anything about itnot even how much it cost. "You want it? What's it worth to ya?" he shrugged. Well, I wasn't in the market for a Rube Goldberg AV system, but I sure wanted to know more about it, so I started Deep Googling .
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